3DS is cannibalizing Wii U

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Soundwave said:

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oniyide said:

you know he was going to turn it into some anti Ninty conspiracy. LOL Whatever he says, its clear that the gamers are picking Sony MS over Ninty and that must have been a LOT of manchildren picking up PS2s

A big part of PS2's success can be attributed to:

(A) Being a very cheap DVD player at the time when the format exploded.

(B) Its casual appeal.

The PS2 had a ton of hype behind it too. I remember some people toying with the idea of buying a Dreamcast, but wanting to wait because they heard the PS2 "was going to be killer". I remember my Mathematics prof in university talking about getting one, I remember my dentist also mentioning how it was going to be impossible to find one, Toy Story graphics (lol), supercomputer processing, etc. etc. etc. 

Plus it had Madden exclusivity from day 1 ... which was huuuuuuuuge and then Sony just destroyed Nintendo/MS by getting exclusivity over GTA3, DMC, Final Fantasy X, and MGS2 for its second holiday. 

No one else really had a chance. 

Plus the two year head start over GCN/Xbox. By the time they arrived, PS2 was already charging at full steam.